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Robotics · INDUSTRYWalden Refines Factory Robots Through Real-World Deployment, Shares Lessons at CoRL 2026
Spun out from Toyota Research Institute, Walden presented at CoRL 2026 on deploying general-purpose robots in manufacturing, using shared autonomy and continuous model iteration to improve performance through 33,000 real-world camshaft loading operations.
Robotics · INDUSTRYBeijing Unveils Three-Year Plan for Embodied AI Robots, Targeting 200,000 Units and 50,000 PFlops of Compute Annually
On November 11, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology issued the Action Plan for the High-Quality Development of Beijing's Embodied AI Robot Industry (2026–2028). The plan supports combining contract manufacturing with in-house production lines to establish an annual capacity of 200,000 complete robots in Beijing.
Robotics · INDUSTRYBaidu Unveils AI Products and Proposes 'Three Principles of Organizational Evolution' at Baidu World 2026
At Baidu World 2026 in Beijing on November 12, Baidu founder Robin Li identified the "intelligent organization" as the next phase of AI and introduced three principles for organizational evolution: breaking role boundaries, solidifying tacit knowledge, and designing closed-loop processes.
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